MMORPG

MMORPGs are massively multiplayer online roleplaying games, our core focus here on Massively OP. MMORPGs are traditionally differentiated from mere multiplayer games by their persistent worlds, massive playerbases and/or servers, customizable character development, and always-online status. [Follow the MMORPG category’s RSS feed]

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World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch check-in: Hotfixes, customization insight, and quest skips

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Now that the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands pre-patch is live, you might want to start your leveling experience in Warlords of Draenor but not want to...
Burn me bro.

Vague Patch Notes: Managing the MMO message – and when to piss off your fans

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Remember at the beginning of this year when Mark Jacobs managed to basically enrage everyone with his announcement of another game his company was working...
How are you this way.

Eight-year-old Pirate101 is essentially in maintenance mode with no new content planned for the next year

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We've got some unfortunate but not unexpected news from Pirate101 this week, as KingsIsle has admitted that its content drought will continue for the...

Taking a look at World of Warcraft’s new starter experience, Exile’s Reach

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While we are still in a holding pattern to know the launch date of Shadowlands, the good news is that you don't have to...
Absolutely a niche.

Pantheon restructures to allow ‘more rapid development,’ will start next alpha phase this month

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Acknowledging that there has been "a great deal of confusion" around the current state of Pantheon, Visionary Realms posted a new producer's letter to...

EverQuest announces its 27th expansion, Claws of Veeshan

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Perhaps EverQuest fans were a little concerned that Daybreak might not be able to put out its yearly expansion, what with COVID and all....
Jump in any time.

We finally know who’s taking over TERA’s NA PC version: It’s Gameforge

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Two days ago, we wrote with some consternation over the fact that we knew when En Masse's TERA servers would be closing down and...
Prepare for bear.

The Daily Grind: How solid do you think your memory of your favorite MMO’s history is?

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Ages ago, I wrote a column in which I jokingly pointed out that in order to really get the WoW Classic experience, you should need...

The Stream Team: A handful of droids on SWTOR’s Hoth

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Corellia took too long, so Massively OP's Larry and MJ were not really able to hunt down the droids on Hoth last time. But...

Phantasy Star Online 2 collaborates to sell NieR: Automata packs

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Have you ever been playing one game and felt that it could be improved by importing characters and looks from a completely different franchise?...

Wagadu Chronicles reaches Ikaki people and live musician stretch goals, showcases main theme

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With the $160,000 barrier crossed in its Kickstarter campaign, The Wagadu Chronicles has committed itself to developing a new lineage of people (read: playable...

Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet appears to be suffering another round of layoffs

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It looks as though ArenaNet is suffering a fresh round of layoffs, as Jennifer Scheurle, a lead designer on one of the Guild Wars...
Yeah, this tracks.

PlanetSide 2 kicks off Nanite of the Living Dead VII: The Seeds Must Flow today

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The annual Halloween event has arrived in PlanetSide 2 as of today, and you get the vague sense that the designers really went all in on...

Black Desert Mobile adds the Tamer class, Black Desert PC kicks off Halloween

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The month of October brings with it another gaggle of treats for players of Black Desert and Black Desert Mobile, with both games introducing...
The horror

Secret World Legends offers up public raids and daily login rewards for Samhain 2020

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The Halloween season is especially near and dear to Secret World Legends' heart, what with its whole vibe of Anima-powered people taking on literal...

Some Assembly Required: How clever gamers solved Dual Universe’s massive puzzle event in record time

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If you are a fan of sandboxes and virtual worlds - and you are reading Some Assembly Required, so you probably are - then...
Give me hope that help is coming when I need it most.

Final Fantasy XIV announces the Make it Rain campaign starting on October 21

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There will sadly be no All Saints' Wake in Final Fantasy XIV this year; the game's annual ghoulish celebration is a victim of the development...

Explaining Genshin Impact’s impact: The reinvention of gachapon

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Yes, I know Genshin Impact isn't an MMORPG. It's not even an MMO; it's just regular old multiplayer. But when its first four days...
Remember when the worst thing this game did was nonsense about avoiding auction houses?

TitanReach devs admit their Kickstarter is doomed, plan Indiegogo instead

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You might have noticed that the Kickstarter for "old school" MMORPG Titan Reach has just a few days to go and yet has raised...
YOU KNEW IT WOULD COME BACK

Perfect Ten: 10 notable MMO developers that shut their doors

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When En Masse Entertainment announced that it would be closing its doors this fall, we here at Massively OP came to the realization that...

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